Jounouchi's expression was frozen as he looked at the mountain-like figure. Even Kaiba, Pegasus, on the other side of the screen, and Yugi Muto, who was below the dueling stage, showed surprised expressions.
Lava Golem. A powerful Level 8 monster card that is Special Summoned to the opponent's field by Tributing two of their monsters!
While it was indeed a good removal card, why... why did it appear with this boy?
"Holy crap! An eight-star big baby!"
"Why would a Hero deck have a card like this?"
"Aren't Heroes supposed to be righteous beings? What's with this underworld-themed thing?!"
"This isn't a Hero! Heroes aren't like this at all!"
The audience outside the hall was dumbfounded. Some extreme Hero fans even instantly had their beliefs shattered. In this world where dueling monsters was universal, all duelists firmly believed that a deck represented the duelist himself.
A person's personality could be completely discerned from their deck. But when this "big baby" was brought out, it instantly broke the beliefs of everyone who firmly believed in this rule. No one would have expected a righteous Hero deck to contain something so sinister. You're too 'righteous,' aren't you?
"Elemental HERO - Lava Golem, I never thought I'd have a chance to use this card today." Jaden Yuki smiled faintly. Since he obtained Lava Golem, Jaden Yuki had indeed rarely used this card. In fact, this card was his ultimate trump card. After all, with a HERO deck's field-clearing capabilities, normally, he wouldn't need such a card.
But today was different. Upon hearing that he was to duel Katsuya Jounouchi, Jaden Yuki immediately added this card to his deck without hesitation. Looking at Jounouchi's expression, it seemed he was quite 'happy' to meet his 'old friend' again today.
[Lava Golem]
[Level: 8]
[ATK: 3000, DEF: 2500]
"Grumble..."
Lava Golem let out a dull growl. Magma-like drool dripped from its mouth, scaring Jounouchi into quickly flashing to the other side of the cage.
"Although I know it's a projection, still..."
The shadow in Jounouchi's heart made his eyelids twitch. He had originally wanted to mess with Jaden Yuki's mindset. But his own mindset blew up first.
The monster on Jounouchi's field, besides Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword, was a Set card, Red-Eyes Wyvern. Originally, as long as he lured Jaden Yuki into attacking Red-Eyes Wyvern, Jounouchi could Special Summon a new Red-Eyes from his Deck. But he never expected...
"This brat, does he know about my duel with Marik? Weren't the broadcast facilities all destroyed at that time?" Jounouchi looked at Jaden Yuki, seeing his still 'harmless' smile, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Coincidence, it must be a coincidence.
"Anyway... after Lava Golem is Special Summoned, you cannot Normal Summon this turn!" Jounouchi forced himself to speak. "And, your Earth Giant and Divine Wind on the field don't have higher ATK than Lava Golem!"
"Hmm, that's right." Jaden Yuki nodded. "So, I'll end my turn like this."
End turn? Hearing Jaden Yuki's declaration, the audience outside the hall was stunned.
"He's not even changing his monster to Defense Position? He's just ending his turn like that?"
"Although he got rid of Jounouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword, he still gave his opponent a monster with 3000 ATK."
"If he doesn't get rid of it this turn, won't he be attacked by this 3000 ATK Lava Golem next turn?"
"What is this Jaden Yuki doing?"
The audience discussed in confusion. They found that they were increasingly unable to see through this young man named Jaden Yuki.
"No... it's already over." Mokuba Kaiba stood in the crowd, gently shaking his head and murmuring softly.
On the dueling stage. Hearing that Jaden Yuki had actually ended his turn like that, Jounouchi gritted his teeth, and the anger in his heart immediately flared up.
"Damn it, this brat is looking down on me!"
"In that case, this turn, I'm going to let this brat know that there are always people better than you!"
"My turn! Draw!" He drew a card from the top of his deck.
Seeing the monster card he drew, Jounouchi's eyes lit up.
Time Wizard!
Yo-ho! It's my lucky card! The gloom in Jounouchi's heart was swept away, and he was immediately overjoyed.
Time Wizard. Toss a coin. If you call it correctly, destroy all monsters on your opponent's field. If you call it incorrectly, destroy all monsters on your own field and take damage equal to half the ATK of the destroyed monsters. It's a powerful card with high risk and high reward!
Whenever Jounouchi was in a desperate situation, Time Wizard's appearance always brought him unexpected good luck. Perhaps it was fate. Jounouchi had absolute trust in his dueling luck!
"It's my favorite coin-tossing segment again."
"Heheheh, I'll use Time Wizard's effect to destroy all the Hero monsters on this brat's field."
"Then, I'll use Lava Golem, and directly attack this brat with my Jounouchi Fire!"
Looking at Jaden Yuki's remaining 2900 Life Points, Jounouchi felt as if he could already see the light of victory.
"No, no, no, Jounouchi Fire is an old move from how many years ago? It sounds a bit chuuni now."
"Right, this time I'll just call it 'Jounouchi Ultimate Fire Punch'! Consider it a celebration of me officially becoming a professional duelist!"
Jounouchi ostensibly thought about Time Wizard. But in his heart, he was already celebrating with champagne. He had even thought about what he would say to this brat named Jaden Yuki after the duel.
"Hmm, I'll say something cool, 'Even a genius brat cannot stop my path to chase my dreams.' Hmm, not bad, really not bad..."
"Jounouchi."
"Heheheh... Where should I go for celebratory dinner later..."
"Jounouchi!"
Yugi Muto's voice instantly pulled Jounouchi out of his 'victory' joy.
"What's wrong, Yugi?" He paused, then saw Yugi Muto below the stage, anxiously pointing to his head.
"Watch out!"
"2"
Jounouchi looked up.
He saw behind him, the mountain-like, towering Lava Golem, from whose mouth streamed a waterfall of magma.
Looking at the engulfing magma, Jounouchi's mind instantly recalled all of Lava Golem's effects:
During your Standby Phase:
Take 1000 damage!
Jounouchi frantically turned his gaze to his Duel Disk. He could clearly see his Duel Disk's LP display, clearly showing "Katsuya Jounouchi: LP1000."
"No way?!" Jounouchi's face went pale.
Rumble rumble!
The magma fell.
Jounouchi's figure was also instantly engulfed by the magma.
His Life Points, amidst a series of beeps, stopped at 0.
[Jaden Yuki WIN]
The surrounding holographic images slowly dissipated. Jounouchi was sprawled on the ground, his butt in the air, his face blank. He still didn't seem to understand that he had lost.
"You won, what an interesting duel, Mr. Jounouchi." Jaden Yuki flicked his finger and said with a smile. He realized that he had become increasingly fond of using this catchphrase recently. This mocking catchphrase, no wonder his original self liked to say it so much.
"You brat..."
Looking at Jaden Yuki walking away, Jounouchi's teeth itched with anger. If it weren't for the rule that duelists couldn't Normal Summon their fists, he might have tried to fight this brat to the death.
"Hmph, a mediocre talent is still a mediocre talent, hahahaha." On the other side of the screen, Seto Kaiba laughed heartily, making the veins on Jounouchi's forehead bulge.
"Mediocre talent, work harder next year." After speaking, Kaiba's image disappeared from the electronic screen, leaving only a black screen.
"Jounouchi..." Yugi Muto walked onto the dueling stage, looking at his friend with a bitter smile.
Jounouchi scratched his head, and could only sigh helplessly, getting up from the ground. "I lost. I underestimated that brat Jaden Yuki too much."
His words fell. Jounouchi's eyes regained an unprecedented seriousness. "Next time, no matter who the opponent is, I won't be like this again!"
"Even a lion uses its full strength against a rabbit. It's good that you understand this, Jounouchi," Yugi Muto said with relief, nodding.
"That being said, I'm afraid I'll never forget that brat named Jaden Yuki." Jounouchi felt that after the duel just now, he was probably going to have nightmares tonight.
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